Well, my point is that just about all of ActiBlizzard's IPs are on a downward trajectory with no chance of recovery if they remain their own entity. They're going to get bought out by somebody for that reason, and I'd much rather it be Microsoft than EA or Epic, who would undoubtedly keep games exclusive to their individual platforms. I also don't believe either of them would properly or fully address the culture of workplace harassment at ActiBlizz.
Eh the industry isn't nearly that bad yet. I'd say some consolidation was inevitable within AAA studios as the costs of developing AAA games continue to skyrocket. The indie scene has always and will always be infinitely more diverse, but we're still not anywhere close to Coke versus Pepsi. Capcom, FromSoft, Valve, Respawn, Rocksteady, Larian, Techland, Rockstar, CDPR, Firaxis, Kojima Productions, Remedy, Bandai Namco, Koei Tecmo...just a few of the studios I can name off the top of my head that aren't going anywhere any time soon.
Depends on whether EA is determined to have just as large a market share as Microsoft or not. I think they could successfully argue that they are not that big. After all, they don't own a third of the console market.